First Motor was a deputy ministry level organization and was under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. However, the deputy minister referred to the chairman directly appointed by the state, not the general manager in charge of business operations. As for the general manager, there was generally no administrative level associated with the position, but the power was equivalent to a department level. (1)
Right now, both men sitting across from Jiang Chen were senior officials of the Hua Republic.
Jiang Chen always eyed the Hua auto market, and Hua just happened to have a strong need for magnetic levitation vehicles. Luer's patents on magnetic levitation technology were controlled by Future Heavy Industries. Future Heavy Industries planned to use these patents for a joint venture with First Motor.
